#AAAD2B#AAAD2B

#AAAD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.145 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD2B
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -16.40, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 63.82, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0517 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.145 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9583, 38.6085, 8.0537)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD2B #2E2BAD

analogous

#AD6F2B #AAAD2B #69AD2B

triadic

#AAAD2B #2BAAAD #AD2BAA

tetradic

#AAAD2B #2BAD6F #2E2BAD #AD2B69

square

#AAAD2B #2BAD6F #2E2BAD #AD2B69

split-complementary

#AAAD2B #2B69AD #6F2BAD

monochromatic

#4A4B13 #7A7C1F #AAAD2B #CDD145 #DADD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAAD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AAAD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD2B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD2B	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA50C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.145 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c56f',
    500: '#aaad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad2b;
$custom-light: #c7c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD2B

secondary

#716FC4

accent

#44E348

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD2B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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